Company
Financial Services
Lead,ReleaseManager
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“Lead, Release Manager. Skills: Release management, SDLC, DevOps, Cloud technology. Collaborate with cross functional teams. Communicate with cross functional teams”
What You'll Achieve.
Release delivering to production on-time; Zero disruptions to business; Zero disruptions to customers
Industry & Context.
Problem-solving skills; Mitigate issues; Resolve issues; Troubleshooting discussions
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Minimum 7 years’ experience in release management, Minimum 2 years’ experience in software development life-cycle, Minimum 2 years’ experience in ITIL framework, Sound understanding of cloud technology, Proficient user of Microsoft Office 365 tools, Good knowledge of SDLC concepts, Good knowledge of waterfall methodologies, Good knowledge of agile methodologies, Excellent coordination skills, Excellent problem-solving skills, Oral communication skills, Written communication skills, Ability to work independently
Nice to Have
Agile Certification is a major asset, Scrum Master Certification is a major asset, Business Process Improvement Certification is a major asset, Change Management Certification is a major asset, Knowledge of SharePoint is an asset, Knowledge of Jira is an asset, Knowledge of Confluence is an asset, Knowledge of MS Office Tools is an asset, Knowledge of business systems is an asset, Knowledge of technology infrastructure is an asset, Knowledge of software development is an asset, Knowledge of data warehousing is an asset, Knowledge of data centres is an asset, Leadership skills to manage teams
What You'll Do.
Collaborate with cross functional teams
Communicate with cross functional teams
Facilitate environmental requirements
Facilitate code deployments
Plan software releases
Manage software releases
Implement governance for releases
Apply checkpoints throughout release phases
Apply processes throughout release phases
Apply gates throughout release phases
Maintain integrated release plan
Communicate date changes
Ensure entry criteria requirements are satisfied
Coordinate development environments
Monitor development environments
Maintain development environments
Coordinate testing environments
Monitor testing environments
Maintain testing environments
Mitigate environment issues
Resolve environment issues with vendors
Recommend process streamlining
Recommend process integration
Plan production deployments
Coordinate production deployments
Facilitate production deployments
Collaborate with stakeholders
Maintain ticket documentation
Maintain deployment documentation
Maintain environment documentation
Maintain procedure documentation
Manage release pipeline to QA
Manage release pipeline to Staging
Manage release pipeline to Production
Ensure exit criteria requirements are satisfied
Track environments daily
Monitor environments daily
Report environments daily
Monitor releases daily
Report releases daily
Track environments weekly
Monitor environments weekly
Report environments weekly
Track releases weekly
Monitor releases weekly
Report releases weekly
Track environments monthly
Monitor environments monthly
Report environments monthly
Track releases monthly
Monitor releases monthly
Report releases monthly
Manage release schedule risks
Resolve release schedule issues
Manage code quality risks
Resolve code quality issues
Conduct Release Readiness reviews
Conduct Milestone Reviews
Conduct Business Go/No-Go reviews
Produce Deployment Plans
Produce delivery runbooks
Deliver releases to production on-time
Coordinate patching activities with vendors
Coordinate maintenance activities with vendors
Ensure application versions are deployed correctly
Coordinate test data in lower environments
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross functional teams; Internal teams; External teams; DevOps teams; Quality Assurance teams; API developers; Project Stakeholders; Developers; QA; BA; Architects; DevOps Engineers
Communication Scope
Oral communication; Written communication
Process & Methodology
Release management, SDLC, Agile, Waterfall
Full Job Description
## Description Purpose of Job The Lead, Release manager will collaborate and communicate with various internal and external cross functional teams at every level, for example, DevOps, Quality Assurance, external cloud vendors, API developers, and Project Stakeholders, to facilitate environmental requirements and code deployments on various projects. They will also be responsible for planning and managing software releases for ET&D during the full SDLC lifecycle, including post implementation warranty period. They will implement governance for releases by applying checkpoints, processes, and gates throughout release phases in a dynamic and fast paced environment. They will maintain an integrated release plan, communicate date changes accordingly and ensure that entry into the release satisfies all entry criteria requirements. ## The Work! Coordinate, monitor and maintain development/testing environments across multiple teams to know what is going on where at any given point in time Mitigate issues in said environments and work with vendors as necessary to permanently resolve issues Recommend approaches to streamline and integrate technological processes in the organization to improve overall release management efficiencies Plan, co-ordinate and facilitate production deployments Collaborates efficiently and effectively with several stakeholders including but not limited to Developers, QA, BA, Architects, DevOps Engineers, and other team members to drive releases Maintain up-to-date documentation for tickets, deployments, environments, procedures, etc. Manage the release pipeline towards QA, Staging and Production deployments Ensure that a release satisfies all exit criteria requirements (ensure completeness of release document) Track, monitor and report in environments and releases daily, weekly, and monthly at various management forums as required from time to time Manages risks and resolves issues related to release schedule and code quality Conduct Release Readi
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